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Anthony Hope: Unless one is...

Anthony Hope: Unless one is...

Unless one is a genius, it is best to aim at being intelligible.

Source: The Dolly...

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Enid Bagnold: As for death...

Enid Bagnold: As for death...

As for death one gets used to it, even if it's only other people's death you get used to.

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John Mortimer: The freedom to...

John Mortimer: The freedom to...

The freedom to make a fortune on the Stock Exchange has been made to sound more alluring than freedom of...

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John Mortimer: Attack the medical...

John Mortimer: Attack the medical...

Attack the medical evidence. Remember the jury's full of rheumatism and arthritis and shocking gastric troubles. They...

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Carlos Fuentes: Perfect order is...

Carlos Fuentes: Perfect order is...

Perfect order is the forerunner of perfect horror.

Source: In The Book of Positive...

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James Agee: The mere attempt...

James Agee: The mere attempt...

The mere attempt to examine my own confusion would consume volumes.

Source: Let Us...

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Anne Bronte: All true histories...

Anne Bronte: All true histories...

All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial...

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Boris Pasternak: I come here...

Boris Pasternak: I come here...

I come here to speak poetry. It will always be in the grass. It will also be necessary to bend down to hear it. It...

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Sir Walter Scott: When a man...

Sir Walter Scott: When a man...

When a man has not a good reason for doing a thing, he has one good reason for letting it...

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Mark Twain: A crime persevered...

Mark Twain: A crime persevered...

A crime persevered in a thousand centuries ceases to be a crime, and becomes a virtue. This is the law of custom, and...

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Douglas Coupland: If you don't...

Douglas Coupland: If you don't...

If you don't change, then what's the point of anything happening to you?

Source: In...

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Channing Pollock: A critic is...

Channing Pollock: A critic is...

A critic is a legless man who teaches running.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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George Ade: Do unto yourself...

George Ade: Do unto yourself...

Do unto yourself as your neighbors do unto themselves and look pleasant.

Source: In...

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Dorothy Gilman: She felt again...

Dorothy Gilman: She felt again...

She felt again that small shiver that occurred to her when events hinted at a destiny being played out, of unseen...

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P D James: His sleep was...

P D James: His sleep was...

His sleep was a sensuous gluttony of oblivion.

Source: Death of an Expert Witness,...

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky: You are told...

Fyodor Dostoyevsky: You are told...

You are told a lot about your education, but some beautiful, sacred memory, preserved since childhood, is perhaps the...

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Margery Allingham: The optimism of...

Margery Allingham: The optimism of...

The optimism of a healthy mind is indefatigable.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Gore Vidal: In America, the...

Gore Vidal: In America, the...

In America, the race goes to the loud, the solemn, the hustler. If you think you are a great writer, you must say that...

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Lillian Smith: When you stop...

Lillian Smith: When you stop...

When you stop learning, stop listening, stop looking and asking questions, always new questions, then it is time to...

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Jean Paul: Cares are often...

Jean Paul: Cares are often...

Cares are often more difficult to throw off than sorrows; the latter die with time, the former...

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